,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bifh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,williams of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,alford1 ,ms4 ,king-,hinds1 ,ms4 ,van   
,duyne1 ,mr4 ,schmidt1 ,mr4 ,meuser1    
,mr4 ,ellzey1 ,mr4 ,wied1 ,mr4 ,jack1   
,mr4 ,downing1 ,mr4 ,bresnahan1 ,mr4    
,patronis1 and ,mr4 ,finstad7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,house ,administration1 for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to limit the authority of   
the ,small ,business ,administration to 
facilitate access to voter registration1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,business over ,ballots ,act4  #b4      
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,small        

,business ,administration should focus  
on aiding and assisting small business  
concerns2  7#b7 facilitating access to  
voter registration is beyond the scope  
of the mission of the ,administration   
and the authority of the ,administration
 under ,federal law2 and  7#c7 any      
,executive order issued by the          
,president may not conflict with this   
,act or otherwise compel the            
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration to facilitate access to 
voter registration4  #c4 ,limitations on
 facilitation of access to voter        
registration by the ,small ,business    
,administration  7a7 ,prohibition ,the  
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration may not take any action 
to facilitate access to voter           
registration other than actions         
authorized by ,federal law4  7b7 ,terms 
of contracts ,on or after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 any contract
 or other agreement entered into by the 
,administrator to provide assistance to 

a person shall include a term stating   
that such person may not use such       
assistance to facilitate access to voter
 registration4  7c7 ,existing recipients
 ,a recipient of assistance from the    
,administrator may not use such         
assistance to facilitate access to voter
 registration unless explicitly         
authorized by the terms of such         
assistance4  7d7 ,covered entities ,the 
,administrator may not use1 act through1
 or otherwise make a request of a       
covered entity to engage in activities  
to facilitate access to voter           
registration unless the ,administrator  
is so authorized by ,congress4  7e7     
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7        
,administrator ,the term ,administrator 
means the ,administrator of the ,small  
,business ,administration4  7#b7        
,covered entity ,the term covered       
entity-- 7,a7 means an entity1 ,state   
government1 or unit of local government 
that receives funding or other          
assistance from the ,administrator under

 a contract1 cooperative agreement1     
memorandum of understanding1 or other   
agreement to carry out a program        
administered by the ,administrator2 and 
7,b7 does not include a person that     
receives a loan or loan guarantee under 
section #g of the ,small ,business ,act 
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